Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter F with outer letters A, I, L, N, P, T. The puzzle contains 31 words worth 138 points, including 2 pangrams. The longest word is 9 letters. To reach Genius you need 97 points; Queen Bee requires all 138 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a smaller-than-average day.

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Table of Contents

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1. Spelling Bee Grid
2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
5. Today's Complete Solution
6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee Grid

The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)

The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.

Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.

Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Today's Complete Solution

The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.

Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.

• flippant^†  (FL8)
• plaintiff^†  (PL9)
• affiant  (AF7)
• alfalfa  (AL7)
• antifa  (AN6)
• fail  (FA4)
• faint  (FA5)
• fall  (FA4)
• fantail  (FA7)
• fatal  (FA5)
• fiat  (FI4)
• filial  (FI6)
• fill  (FI4)
• fillip  (FI6)
• final  (FI5)
• finial  (FI6)
• flail  (FL5)
• flan  (FL4)
• flap  (FL4)
• flat  (FL4)
• flint  (FL5)
• flip  (FL4)
• flit  (FL4)
• infant  (IN6)
• infill  (IN6)
• lift  (LI4)
• naif  (NA4)
• pfft  (PF4)
• pilaf  (PI5)
• pitfall  (PI7)
• tiff  (TI4)

Answer Definitions

• flippant^† (adjective): Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
• plaintiff^† (noun): A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
• affiant (noun): The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
• alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
• antifa (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
• fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
• faint (adjective): (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
• fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• fantail (noun): Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
• fatal (adjective): Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
• fiat (noun): An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
• filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
• fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• fillip (noun): The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
• final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
• finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
• flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
• flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
• flap (noun): Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved.
• flat (adjective): Having no variations in height.
• flint (noun): A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
• flip (noun): A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
• flit (noun): A fluttering or darting movement.
• infant (noun): A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and attention.
• infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
• lift (verb): To raise or rise.
• naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
• pfft (interjection): Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.
• pilaf (noun): A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking it with a seasoned broth, to which meat and/or vegetables may be added.
• pitfall (noun): A potential problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
• tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.